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Description

The perfect cobbler peach. The sweet, yellow-fleshed fruit from this tree is a great choice for baking as well as fresh-eating, canning, and freezing. Tree blooms late to avoid spring frost zaps and can withstand freezing temperatures at half- to full-bloom with minimal damage. Also disease-resistant to bacterial leaf spot. Introduced circa 1999. Cold-hardy. Freestone. Ripens in July. Self-pollinating. May be covered by U.S.P.P. #12357 or other patents.

Characteristics

Bloom Color

Pink

Fruit Color

Red

Fruit Size

Medium

Pollination

Self-pollinating

Ripens/Harvest

July

Shade/Sun

Full Sun

Soil Composition

Loamy

Soil Moisture

Well Drained - Average Moistness

Soil pH Level

6.0 - 7.0

Taste

Sweet

Texture

Firm

Years to Bear

2 - 4

Zone Range

4 - 8

Zone Compatibility

This Variety's Zone Range
4 - 8

My Hardiness Zone
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The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatability range of this variety before ordering.

Size & Spacing

Mature Size

The mature size of this variety depends on the version you choose to plant:

Standard

12 - 15' Tall X 12 - 15' Wide

Dwarf

8 - 10' Tall X 8 - 10' Wide

Recommended Spacing

The space needed for this variety to grow depends on the size you plant:

Standard

12 - 15'

Dwarf

8 - 10'

Recommended Pollinators

This variety is self pollinating.

In many cases, you may still want to plant pollinating partners to increase the size of your crops, but with self-pollinating varieties doing so is optional. You'll get fruit with only one plant!

Tools & Supplies

Having the proper tools and supplies when growing your own can make the difference between a good harvest and a great harvest! Here's a list that our experts recommend for this variety.

Shipping Information

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Our Promise of Satisfaction

1 Year Warranty

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Beautiful delicious peach that is cold hardy. Planted this tree where we used to live and had nice big peaches in a couple of years. Tolerant to late spring frosts. Looking forward to planting again in our new location!

Beautiful delicious peach that is cold hardy. Planted this tree where we used to live and had nice big peaches in a couple of years. Tolerant to late spring frosts. Looking forward to planting again in our new location!

BEST ANSWER:Yes, I would say it can be. If you live in the eastern half of the United States, you will still probably have to spray your tree, but I believe you can do that organically. I don't have experience growing this (or any peach) in the western U.S. or overseas.

BEST ANSWER:Yes, I would say it can be. If you live in the eastern half of the United States, you will still probably have to spray your tree, but I believe you can do that organically. I don't have experience growing this (or any peach) in the western U.S. or overseas.

This is my second summer with the Intrepid peach. It grew to probably 15' tall it's first year, but I pruned it down to the vase-shape for this year. Now I've already had hundreds of pink blossoms, which are all turning into baby peaches! Should I pinch some off? How do I decide which to pinch off? Rookie gardener here. Thanks.

BEST ANSWER:Yes you will need to pinch off enough peaches so your branches will be strong enough when the fruit matures. I don't know if there is any real way to tell which ones to pinch, just decide how many you think the branches will take. Mine after about three years was loaded and the wind split my tree so my husband lifted it and tied it back and it took hold and is loaded with buds again so will have the culling chore too. Good luck Marcene

BEST ANSWER:Yes you will need to pinch off enough peaches so your branches will be strong enough when the fruit matures. I don't know if there is any real way to tell which ones to pinch, just decide how many you think the branches will take. Mine after about three years was loaded and the wind split my tree so my husband lifted it and tied it back and it took hold and is loaded with buds again so will have the culling chore too. Good luck Marcene

Customer Reviews

This has been the only peach that we have been able to grow here. We have very cold/long winters(-30 for weeks) the tree grows fast and has beautiful pink blossoms in the the spring. The peaches are wonderful and can or feeze well. This is the best peach period for cold areas.

My Intrepid Peach truly is. It has to be in order to grow at 6200' above sea level and survive our horrible winds. Not only did it grow, it blossomed! After just one year it is 18 inches taller and loaded with beautiful pink blossoms. Remarkable! Peaches in Wyoming!

I live in mid-Missouri and these trees do well. Right now they are 2 1\2 years old and are already 8+ft tall they have quite a few little peaches (hurray!). Unlike all the other trees they have ABSOLUTELY no problem. No bugs. No fungus. Nothing! Which is really important to me because i try to go Organic. By the way, despite we had a lot of weird cold weather none of the blossoms seemed to be effected. The blossoms were beautiful!Cannot wait to eat one!

My dwarf Intrepid Peach trees grew a lot their first season (2015). In March 2016, I pruned the trees to 6 main branches on 2 levels. The trees bloomed in April but the weather discouraged fruit set (thankfully since they probably shouldn't bear for at least another year.) The trees are doing really well.

I am interested in getting advice on 2 issues: watering and pest control. Using the Netafim drip system, the trees are watered 3 days/wk. I have not taken any pest control measures so far.

Got this tree in the mail..typical "stick", put it in the ground last year and it's taken off like there's no tomorrow. First year in the ground, it already doubled in size and leafed out nicely. This is the second year in the ground now, and I already have 5 or 6 peaches that are growing on it. Very impressed and looking forward to what next year will bring in comparison

This is a great flavorful peach of firm texture and delicate skin. Great eating or for pie. Plant different species to cross pollinate and get a better yield.Because of the cold in northern Illinois, we do not get peaches every year so when we do, we value them especially.

the peach tree seemed to settle right in after arriving and planting it took right off and grew several inches the first year. After making it through the winter this spring it leafed right out and bloomed a is doing just great. I would recommend this tree to anyone I cannot wait to have fresh peaches

This was my last chance to try for peach trees. I live in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. I've tried Peaches for 3 or 4 years and have lost them all over the winters until this year. I have my fingers crossed.

Last year I bought three fruit trees - this is the only one to do simply anything! It has been really slow to do much of anything at all - last year the leaves were teeny tiny and did not mature. I have high hopes that this year will see a difference. Not sure why Stark Bros. trees are underperforming for me this time around but I simply cannot afford to waste more money trying their products. Trees purchased years ago are real winners but last year - nothing. So sorry.

This is the first full year in the ground for this peach tree and it is a sturdy, vigorous tree. It set a lot of fruit, but because it is still so young, most of them fell off and I removed the rest. I'm really looking forward to next year's crop. I'm sure the peaches will be delicious!

Planted Intrepid Peach tree in spring of last year (2016). Tree established itself quite fast. Branches developed along the entire main stem and achieved fairly good length for the first year. Tree underwent Wisconsin winter and came out strong this spring. It appears to be even growing faster than some classical northern trees. Intrepid is in process of developing about a dozen blossoms this spring (May, 2017). I'll probably have to nip off small fruit as I don't believe tree is strong enough to support fruit at this age. So far Intrepid is exceeding my expectations especially for a peach tree in Wisconsin.

I just got done telling someone about my Intrepid peach tree and referred them to Stark Bros. Decided I should log on to see if it's still available. Typically in Northern Nevada we get late frosts and spring snow. This year I looked out to see the blossoms peaking out from a light frosting of snow. But that didn't deter my Intrepid. It is now putting fruit on which it has done every year with one exception---when we had a late, hard, frost and none of our fruit trees produced. I am still thrilled with this tree after all these years.

Did beautifully the summer I planted it, but utterly dead after the first winter in zone 4b. Since they are (rightly) shipped dormant, the one-year guarantee is gone by the time spring rolls around. Really disappointed. Could be a fluke that it died, but definitely keep a really close eye on the warrantee expiration date and check the tree LONG before it is supposed to start budding!

Great tree. Growing strong. Got it as a bare root plant and has been prolific. Has not yet fruited but its hardy considerering that deers are rampant in our area and has been chewed on by deers a couple of times. Highly recommend this variety for cold areas like mine (NY)

My second year produced about 70 peaches in northern Indiana. Excellent flavor! I picked them all after the birds started pecking at them. Medium size. Beautiful red color! Very happy with this Intrepid peach tree.

This tree is on it's second year and has grown like a weed. I am very impressed with how sweet and juicy the peaches are that it has produce. I'd never heard of Intrepid until dealing with Stark Bros, but I look forward the the years ahead of peaches this tree is going to produce.

This is my second tree (purchased in 2015). The first tree produced an abundant amount of delicious peaches before it died. I believe it over produced which may have weakened the tree so that it did not winter well. I was so pleased with this variety that I purchase another. The second tree is doing very well and had vigorous growth this year (2016). I'm looking forward to seeing it produce a few peached in 2017 and beyond.

My peach tree arrived as advertised last spring. It looked like a twig, but I had faith! It's now five feet tall with a couple dozen buds (it survived a tough winter in Boston). Looking forward to see how year two goes.

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June 6, 2017

Brenda H
Staff

Tree died

I like Stark Brothers in genera, but this particular tree did not work out. It had very strong roots when we received it, but grafted tree died in the first year. It was the only tree out of 23 planted last year to not make it. The root stock continues to thrive...

We planted this bareroot tree in May of 2015. It leafed out well. It made it through the winter just fine. We had a few blossoms this spring, but looks as though they were duds. I bought this tree because of it's cold resistance. Looking forward to fresh peaches in a few years.

The first year I planted the Intrepid Peach, I planted in the early spring. The trees did great all summer and fall. In the winter, the temp in central Iowa got down to 20 below zero. We had 16 days where the temp did not get above 12 below zero. The Contender and the Intrepid peach trees both died.Even several older trees died because of this. Frost was 8' deep in some areas.The 2nd year, everything went fine through the spring, summer, and fall again. After winter, I noticed that the tree guards had come off and the rabbits had eaten all the bark off of both trees up to about 18". Both trees died again.

The third year (third planting), everything has gone fine. The tree guards were zip-tied on and the winter temps didn't drop much below zero. Trees are hardy, growing, and blooming now in their 2nd year of life after planting. Given a few more years, we will see how they produce.

This is the same review as the Contender because I planted both at the same time and have had the same luck with both.

Intrepid Peach only 2 years old but so far looks like a very healthy tree. Very wet year last year and seemed to do well. Growing good this spring. Can't give 5 Stars since I haven't tried the fruit yet :)

I planted this last year (spring 2015) and it over wintered just fine. I'm in zone 4a in Wisconsin. The tree looks extremely healthy and grew vigorously over the year. No flowers yet as it is still quite young. I expect it will bud next or possibly the following year. I can't wait for my first peach!